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ryebuck, a. (adv.) and int. slang (chiefly Austral.). Now obsolescent.|ˈraɪbʌk|
Also ribuck, rybuck, rye buck, etc.
[Origin uncertain: perh. ad. G. reibach, var. of rebbach profit, ad. Yiddish (Heb.) revaḥ: cf. rybeck.]
A. adj. Good, excellent; genuine; ryebuck shearer, an expert or ‘gun’ shearer (see gun n. 14). Also as adv.
1859G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 55 My pals have got up a bene moey to send to the head bloke, and if it comes off rye buck, I shall soon vamose from the stir. 1895Bulletin (Sydney) 9 Feb. 15 I'm ryebuck and the girl's okay. 1906E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands x. 132 ‘It's rybuck, girls,’ said Feathers. ‘Yer on velvet. Ther firm's willin' t' accept responsibility fer ther actions iv it's dooly accredited cat, 'n' pays compensation.’ 1916C. J. Dennis Moods of Ginger Mick 92 But the reel, ribuck Australia's 'ere among the fightin' men. 1918R. H. Knyvett Over There viii. 82 They even knew our slang, for here was ‘The ‘Fair Dinkum’ Store’, and across the way ‘Ribuck Goods’. a1957in Stewart & Keesing Old Bush Songs (1957) 267 There's a bloke on the board and I heard him say I couldn't shear a hundred sheep a day, But some fine day I'll show him the way And prove I'm a ryebuck shearer. 1965J. S. Gunn Terminol. Shearing Industry ii. 16 Ryebuck shearer, see gun. Ibid. i. 30 Gun, a really fast shearer, also known as a ‘ryeback [sic] shearer’, but not the same as the fastest in the shed (see ringer).
B. int. An expression of agreement or assent.
1859G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 76 Rybuck, all right; straight, it will do; I am satisfied. 1898Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Dec. (Red Page), Rye-buck (all right) is no doubt an abbreviation of ‘all right, my buck’. 1911L. Stone Jonah i. 11 ‘Oh! I don't suppose you'll be missed,’ replied Chook, graciously. ‘Rye buck!’ cried Jonah. 1916C. J. Dennis Songs of Sentimental Bloke 21 We kin get an intro, if we've luck. 'E sez, ‘Ribuck’. Ibid. 72 ‘E'en in the days when she's no longer fair She's still yer wife,’ 'e sez. ‘Ribuck,’ sez I. 1933Bulletin (Sydney) 27 Sept. 42/2 ‘We'll meet you at the yards.’ ‘Ryebuck, Boss,’ said The Gov'ner civilly. |